On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Florian Pritz <bluewind@xinu.at> wrote:
Linux bugs are just an example, but there are certainly more and I think we should just tell the reporter to go to upstream and close our bug. If upstream is dead or doesn't have a mailing list/bug tracker, we can keep the bug, but in that case we should think about dropping the package. If it turns out to be a packaging bug we can still reopen it later.
I agree that we should more aggressively close upstream bugs. However, there are still cases where the Arch packagers might wan to stay involved (at least for a while), so I guess it should be decided on a case-by-case basis (linux is a good example though). Before we close as upstream, I think it would be a good practice (which I guess many already do) to request the reporter to file a bug upstream and post a link to the upstream bug report. Cheers, Tom -t